Georgia § 48-5-240 - Borrowing county money.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 48-5-240 — Borrowing county money., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 48-5-240. Borrowing county money.
This article is applicable to all persons and their sureties who borrow or pretend to borrow any county money from any person having custody of the county money. Any such person borrowing or pretending to borrow county money shall be held in all respects to be a holder of county funds. (Orig. Code 1863, § 497; Code 1868, § 560; Code 1873, § 526; Code 1882, § 526; Civil Code 1895, § 416; Civil Code 1910, § 525; Code 1933, § 92-3811; Code 1933, § 91A-1220, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.)
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